WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder says it is "time to make the fight" between him and WBA, IBF and WBO title holder Anthony Joshua.
Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn has said the WBA has ordered the Briton to enter into negotiations with mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin.< [...]
Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has stated that the state government is making giant strides in the sports sector with huge investment in both personnel and infrastructure.
Okowa represented by Hon. Jude Sinebe, Commissioner for Higher Education, stated this at the foundation laying ceremony [...]
Cristiano Ronaldo insists he will not feature in Real Madrid’s Super Cup clash with Sevilla in August.
The 31-year-old suffered a knee injury in a challenge with Dimitri Payet in the Euro 2016 final and was forced off in the first half in tears.
And the forward, who played a major ro [...]
Arsene Wenger says Arsenal “might have to be good at poker” and has warned that the club’s transfer activity may be on hold until the middle of August.
The Gunners have already secured deals for Granit Xhaka and Rob Holding this summer but were rejected by Leicester City strike [...]
Usain Bolt accused sprint rival Justin Gatlin of "disrespect" after the six-time Olympic champion won the 200m at the Anniversary Games in London.
Bolt, 29, clocked 19.89 seconds in his first appearance since pulling out of the Jamaican trials.
He was picked for the Olympics afte [...]
Mikhail Gorbachev has called on the International Olympic Committee to allow Russian athletes to compete at Rio 2016.
The former Soviet Union president has written to the IOC to plead the case of those who have not failed drugs tests and yet face possible bans from taking part in the Games.
Rio's anti-doping laboratory has been suspended by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) just six weeks before the Brazilian city hosts the Olympic Games.
The ban was imposed because it fails to comply with international standards.
Rio's is the sixth laboratory to be sanctioned by Wa [...]
Adam Nawalka's side are into the quarter-finals for the first time in their history, surviving a revival from the Swiss before a superb performance in the shootout
Granit Xhaka's woeful penalty proved decisive as Poland beat Switzerland 5-4 in a shooutout to render redundant Xherdan Shaq [...]
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